Full name: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

Author: Stephen Jay Gould Year: 1980 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Award winners, History, Essays Purchase/reserch links: Amazon OpenLibrary Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393308198 0393308197

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould. This book is part of the "Reflections in Natural History" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Dinosaur in a Haystack" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Bully for Brontosaurus" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Flamingo's Smile" First published in 1985 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes" First published in 1983 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Ever Since Darwin" First published in 1977 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes by Stephen Jay Gould Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould Eight Little Piggies by Stephen Jay Gould Dinosaur in a Haystack by Stephen Jay Gould Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould The Flamingo's Smile by Stephen Jay Gould The Richness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms by Richard Fortey Life by Richard Fortey Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins Evolution by James A. Shapiro The Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins Ontogeny and Phylogeny by Stephen Jay Gould The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould Questioning the Millennium by Stephen Jay Gould Rocks of Ages by Stephen Jay Gould